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Where were you last night? L'alibi au prétérit (6e)

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Where were you last night?Où étiez-vous hier soir ?
I was at home.J'étais à la maison.
Did you go out?Êtes-vous sorti ?
No, I didn't. I watched TV.Non. J'ai regardé la télé.
Can anyone confirm that?Quelqu'un peut-il le confirmer ?
an alibiun alibi

Un alibi se raconte au prétérit : was / were pour l'endroit (I was at home), prétérit simple pour les actions (I watched, I read). Questions avec Did...? et le verbe à la base verbale : Did you go out?

Mise en situation : l'interrogatoire

Lestrade : Mr Brown, where were you last night at nine o'clock?
Monsieur Brown, où étiez-vous hier soir à neuf heures ?
Butler : I was in the kitchen. I cleaned the silver.
J'étais dans la cuisine. J'ai nettoyé l'argenterie.
Lestrade : Did you go out?
Êtes-vous sorti ?
Butler : No, I didn't. The cook was with me.
Non. La cuisinière était avec moi.
Holmes : Then why are your boots so muddy?
Alors pourquoi vos bottes sont-elles si boueuses ?
Butler : Er... I... I went into the garden. Only for a minute!
Euh... je... je suis allé dans le jardin. Juste une minute !

À retenir

  • Where were you? I was at home. (was / were)
  • Did you go out? No, I didn't. I watched / cleaned / read... ; an alibi.

Exercice 1 : L'alibi au prétérit : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « Où étiez-vous hier soir ? »
    1. Where were you last night?
    2. Where was you last night?
    3. Where are you last night?
  2. « J'étais à la maison. »
    1. I were at home.
    2. I was at home.
    3. I was at the home of.
  3. « Êtes-vous sorti ? »
    1. Do you went out?
    2. Did you went out?
    3. Did you go out?
  4. « Non. » (à Did you...?)
    1. No, I don't.
    2. No, I wasn't did.
    3. No, I didn't.
  5. « J'ai regardé la télé. »
    1. I watch TV yesterday.
    2. I did watched TV.
    3. I watched TV.
  6. Prétérit de go :
    1. goed
    2. gone
    3. went
  7. « boueux »
    1. money
    2. muddy
    3. moody
  8. Après Did, le verbe est...
    1. à la base verbale
    2. en -ing
    3. au prétérit
  9. « Quelqu'un peut-il le confirmer ? »
    1. Can anyone confirming that?
    2. Can anyone confirm that?
    3. Can someone confirms that?
  10. « un majordome »
    1. a butter
    2. a bottle
    3. a butler

Exercice 2 : L'alibi au prétérit : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. Where .......................... you last night?
  2. I .......................... in the kitchen.
  3. I .......................... the silver. (clean)
  4. .......................... you go out?
  5. No, I .......................... .
  6. I .......................... into the garden. (go)
  7. The cook .......................... with me.
  8. Did you .......................... anyone? (see)
  9. I .......................... TV. (watch)
  10. Your boots are so .......................... ! (boueuses)

Exercice 3 : L'alibi au prétérit : mise en situation

  1. Lestrade demande où il était à neuf heures.
    1. Where was you last night at nine o'clock?
    2. Where were you last night at nine o'clock?
    3. Where did you were at nine o'clock?
  2. Il était dans la cuisine.
    1. I was in the kitchen.
    2. I was in the chicken.
    3. I were in the kitchen.
  3. Il a nettoyé l'argenterie.
    1. I did cleaned the silver.
    2. I clean the silver yesterday.
    3. I cleaned the silver.
  4. Lestrade demande s'il est sorti.
    1. Have you go out?
    2. Did you went out?
    3. Did you go out?
  5. Non, il n'est pas sorti.
    1. No, I didn't.
    2. No, I wasn't.
    3. No, I don't.
  6. Holmes remarque les bottes boueuses.
    1. Why are your boots so muddy?
    2. Why your boots are so muddy?
    3. Why are your boots so moody?
  7. Il est allé dans le jardin.
    1. I go into the garden yesterday.
    2. I went into the garden.
    3. I goed into the garden.
  8. Tu demandes s'il a vu quelqu'un.
    1. Did you see anyone?
    2. Did you saw anyone?
    3. Do you saw anyone?
  9. Son alibi est faux !
    1. Her alibi is false! (lui)
    2. His alibi is fault!
    3. His alibi is false!
  10. Il a menti !
    1. He lied!
    2. He lyed!
    3. He lie yesterday!

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) Where were you last night? · 2. b) I was at home. · 3. c) Did you go out? · 4. c) No, I didn't. · 5. c) I watched TV. · 6. c) went · 7. b) muddy · 8. a) à la base verbale · 9. b) Can anyone confirm that? · 10. c) a butler

Exercice 2

1. were · 2. was · 3. cleaned · 4. Did · 5. didn't · 6. went · 7. was · 8. see · 9. watched · 10. muddy

Exercice 3

1. b) Where were you last night at nine o'clock? · 2. a) I was in the kitchen. · 3. c) I cleaned the silver. · 4. c) Did you go out? · 5. a) No, I didn't. · 6. a) Why are your boots so muddy? · 7. b) I went into the garden. · 8. a) Did you see anyone? · 9. c) His alibi is false! · 10. a) He lied!